Specifying gateways for DHCP clients
DHCP clients send packets destined for other networks to a gateway. The DHCP server can assign the gateway address to the DHCP clients.
You can specify gateway addresses in each address pool on the DHCP server. A maximum of 64 gateways can be specified in DHCP address pool view or secondary subnet view.
The DHCP server assigns gateway addresses to clients on a secondary subnet in the following ways:
If gateways are specified in both address pool view and secondary subnet view, DHCP assigns those specified in the secondary subnet view.
If gateways are specified in address pool view but not in secondary subnet view, DHCP assigns those specified in address pool view.
To configure gateways in the DHCP address pool:
Step | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
1. Enter system view. | system-view | N/A |
2. Create a DHCP address pool and enter its view. | dhcp server ip-pool pool-name | By default, no DHCP address pool exists. |
3. Specify gateways. | gateway-list ip-address&<1-64> | By default, no gateway is specified. |
4. (Optional.) Enter secondary subnet view | network network-address [ mask-length | mask mask ] secondary | N/A |
5. (Optional.) Specify gateways. | gateway-list ip-address&<1-64> | By default, no gateway is specified. |